Former India coach Venkatesh Prasad has also criticized the performance of Team India. Venkatesh said that the team management now needs to take tough decisions.
Brief
After poor performance of Team India in the T20 World Cup, fans expected the team to prepare well for next year’s ODI World Cup. However, so far nothing special has been seen for Team India in the ODI format. After the T20 World Cup, India has lost three ODIs in a row. The Indian team was defeated 1-0 in the three-match ODI series against New Zealand. Then Team India has also lost the ODI series against Bangladesh.
Sehwag’s taunt on Team India
Bangladesh has taken an unassailable two-zero lead within the three fit-match ODI series. Team India’s poor batting and poor bowling has been the main reason for the defeat. After India’s defeat in the second ODI, Virender Sehwag took a jibe at the team. He tweeted and wrote – My performance is falling faster than cryptos. We need to shake ourselves and wake up.
What did Venkatesh write?
At the same time, former India coach Venkatesh Prasad has also criticized the performance of Team India. Venkatesh said that the team management now needs to take tough decisions. Venkatesh said- India is innovating in so many areas across the world, but when it comes to playing limited overs cricket, our approach is a decade old. After being knocked out in the first round of the 2015 World Cup, England made tough decisions and became a formidable team. India also needs to take tough decisions now.
Venkatesh wrote – Also there is a need to make a drastic change in approach. We have not won a T20 World Cup since the inception of the IPL. In the last five years, apart from winning weak bilaterals in ODIs, we have been doing poorly. We haven’t learned from our mistakes for a long time and are far from being an exciting team in limited overs cricket. Change is needed.
Team India lost ODI series to Bangladesh after seven years:
Team India has lost an ODI series against Bangladesh after seven years. Last time this happened was in 2015. In such a situation, after losing two consecutive ODI series, questions are being raised on the Indian team management. Senior players including Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan failed against Bangladesh. Now the third ODI will be played between the two teams in Chattogram on Saturday.
What happened in the match?
Talking about the match, Bangladesh has defeated India by five runs in the second ODI. Batting initially, once winning the match at the Sher-e-Bangla bowl in Dhaka, Bangladesh scored 271 runs losing seven wickets in fifty overs. Mehdi Hasan Miraj played an unbeaten innings of 100 runs in 83 balls. Apart from this, Mahmudullah scored 77 runs.Shreyas Iyer scored 82 runs and Akshar Patel scored 56 runs. Apart from this, Captain Rohit scored an unbeaten 51 runs.
